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(No Model.)

G, M. BURGESS, Jr.

GARD HOLDER.

No. 363,206. Patented May 17, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT G ErCE.

GARDNER M. BURGESS, JR., OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

CARD-HOLDER.

SFEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,206, dated May 1'7,1887.

' Application filed J'anuaryfll, F887. Serial No. 325,738. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GARDNER M. BUReEss, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented an Improvement in Card-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to cardholders which are adapted for attachment toflexible fabrics, and to boxes; and it consists in a card-holder formedof wire and made in two parts, which are pivoted to each other, ashereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im proved card-holder. Fig. 2 is aseparate perspective view of the upper portion of the same. Fig. 3 is aseparate perspective view of the attaching lower portion of the holder.Fig. 4 is an edge view of the holder attached to the box, the box beingshown in detail section. Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing amodification.

In the accompanying drawings, A is the upper portion of the card-holder,which is made of wire formed into a how, a, with two pivotloops, b b,and the arms 00, which extend parallel, or nearly so, to the plane ofthe bow a, and in close proximity thereto, so as to embrace and hold thecard or between the adjacent sides of the how a and the said arms a c,as shown in Fig. 4:. The lower portion, 13, is also made of wire,preferably formed into a rectangularlybent portion, d, with twopivotloops, 6 c, and the two sharpened pins, f f, which serve forattachment to articles of clothing and also to textile or other fabrics,and which, in conjunction with the portion 01, is

also adapted for attachment to the edge of a box, 0, as shown in Fig.4., the side of the box being embraced between the adjacent sides ot theintermediate portiomd, and the two pinsff.

The parts A and B are loosely pivoted to each other by means of therivets g g, which are preferably provided with a washer, h, at theriveted end of the same, and by tightening the rivets g 9 any desireddegree of friction between the parts may be secured in order to hold thecard in firmly at the desired angle with the edge of the box.

Instead of employing two attaching'pins, the wire of the part Bmay bebent, as shown in Fig. 5, and thus formed with but one attaching-pin;but in most cases the holder having two pins will be preferred onaccount of its greater stability when attached to the fabno.

I claim as my invention- V 1. In a card-holder, the combination of thetwo parts A and B, made of wire, and formed into the pivot-loops,wit-hthe intervening bows and the exterior arms or pins, and pilvotallysecured -to each other, substantially as described.

2. In a card-holder, the combination, with the part A, formed of wire,having abowportion, a, two loops, 1) b, and the arms 0 c, of the part13, having the bent portion d, the loops 0 e, and the arms orz'tttaching-pinsf, substantially as described.

GARDNER M. BURGESS, JR.

Witnesses:

JAMEs L. SHERMAN, JOHN R. BURGESS.

